[Icom] Re: IC-24AT questions

[Bill NY9H]

i have a bp-85 from batteries america

it's 12vdc NIMH and very tall...  i don't know if the bc-72 would charge 
the bp-85.
I use a W & W charger for my IC 24s  and my kenwood f6

bill


At 04:23 PM 7/21/03, you wrote:

>At 07:34 PM 7/21/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>>i recently picked up an IC-24AT.  the radio came with the BP-84 7.2V 1200mAh
>>battery and the BC-72 slow charger.  the radio can only xmit at 1.5 watts 
>>with the current battery and i can not run the radio at home using the charger.
>>
>>What battery do i need to increase the xmit to 5 watts and is there a way to
>>run the radio at home off 120VAC or the car's cigarette light?
>>
>>-steve hanlon
>>KB3KAQ
>
>
>Hi, Steve
>
>The BP-85 is a higher voltage (but lower capacity) battery that will run 
>the radio at 5 watts output.  It's available from some of the after market 
>places like W&W www.ww-manufacturing.com.  I tend to favor the 7.2 volt 
>batteries, as I get much longer life.  Most radios put out a bit more 
>power (2.5 to 3 watts).  The 1.5 watts seems a little low.  Did you use an 
>accurate meter?
>
>The BC-72 desktop charger should be a rapid charger, taking about an hour 
>and a half to fill up the BP84/BP85 batteries.  It runs on 12 volts (from 
>your car, or a hefty wall-wart).
>
>I don't have the 24AT, but I have some of its siblings - the 2SAT and 
>3SAT.  Those radios run directly from 12 (13.8) volts on their little 
>power connector.  You can NOT run them from the wall-wart chargers, but 
>you can run them from a regulated power supply that does 3 amps or 
>so.  You can run them directly from your car, but you might run into 
>alternator whine or other noise, unless you use one of the filters.  I'd 
>expect the 24AT would permit this as well.
>
>73,
>Gary KN4AQ
>
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